The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-23
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
Twenty-Five or More Persons kIIIed
and Great Damage to Property.

NEVADA, Mo-, April ga terrific cyclone
swept over the northern part of this (Ver-
non)county last night about o'clock. Clouds
were plainly visible here passing only about
eight miles from this city. The cyclone
seemed to come down Marmahoney river
from the Kansas line dealing death and de-
Strnetlon wherever it struck. As FAR as can
be learned the first place it touched was at
metz township. passing through Metz,
usage and Blue Mountain Townships.
Fences, houses, barns and everything in the
line of the storm, which was half mile
wide, were picked up, rent into splinters and
cast down hundreds of yards away. Trees
were torn up by the roots, over thirty houses
were destroyed and about fifteen persons
killed. Only a partial list Of the dead has
yet been obtained, which is as follows; Mrs.
p. Shrout; Miss Shrout, daughter OF Mrs.
Shreut; May Stoyer; j, G; HAWKINS; John
Miller and Mrs. John Miller. There were
five members of the Miller family, four of
whom were killed. A baby aged two years
was dropped in yard and was found un-
hurt this morning. Parts of the Miller house
and the furniture were found strewn over
the fields for mile from where the house
formerly stood. Reliable news has only
been received from Usage township and it is
thought the death roll will be swelled to over
twenty A heavy gale passed over this
city damaging the Methodist church and
other building, but none were seriously in
jured.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 22.-A brief special
to tae Post Dispatch. from Nevada, Mo-,
says: "A terrific cyclone swept through
part of Vernon county last evening, doing
great damage to property and killing num-
Der of people. Thirty houses are known to
be destroyed and fifteen persons are said to
have been killed"
CINCINNATI, April %. "A tornado swept
through portion of Kentucky. south of
Cincinnati this morning. At Paris, while
violent rain storm with thunder and light
nlng was in grogress, continuous rumbling
sound was heard which proved to be a tor
nado which passed in few minutes, leav-
ing track AGO yards wide in which trees
were levelIed and houses unroofed The
roof of Turney, Clarke & Co.'s livery stable
was carried across the street and left on
James Griffin's residence, crushing it in.
Overbries tobacco warehouse was also un-
rooted; Mrs. Herrick's boarding house was
almost demolished; Whites dfstillery was
blown out of sight; several residences were
unroofed. The steepls of the Baptist church
was left leaning in a dangerous condition,
and the heavy roof OF the Paris Flour Mills
was badly wrecked. At Saundersville, near
Lexington, the roof of the Commonwealth
Company's Distillery and warehouse was
blown OFF. A heavy rain fell here nearly
all day, as well as throughout the Ohio Val
ley. Near Portsmouth, Ohio, Warren Car
roll, who was on raft in the Ohio river,
was struck by lightning and killed.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 22.-About
three o'clock this morning a tornado origi-
l.ating in Indian Territory and moving al
most due east passed through the country
four miles north and along the line of Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad. 1t was be-
tween quarter and half mile wide and
near Ozark, Franklin county, began doing
Farther cost, near Coal Hill and Clarksville,
johnson county the damage was very serious
and many persons injured.
Four miles from Clarksville, this after
noon, at Turner, John Reeds child, G. ID.
Rowley's daughter and a child of Mr..
Petty were killed. The loss to farmers of
buildings, fences, stocks and growing crops
is very heavy but it cannot nowIbe estimated.